What’s In a Name: The Importance of Consistent Data Naming Conventions
Using descriptive, consistent naming conventions is important and should not go overlooked. Variability and inconsistencies often lead to confusion, error and loss of time. It is not uncommon to come across tables and columns cluttered with abbreviations or shorthand that may be insightful to some, but enigmatic to others. Consider the following table name as […]
Comparing Filtered Data to Unfiltered Data
Occasionally, you will find the need to compare filtered data against the total data source. As Tableau’s filters remove the data from the data partition, this can sometimes be a tricky problem. You might be tempted to try the “Total” function in a formula like the following: TOTAL(SUM([Sales])) As you will quickly discover, since the […]
Ruckus BiG DOGs Conference Wrap-Up
Just last week, Ruckus Wireless held their annual BiG DOGs Partner Conference in beautiful Miami, FL. The conference brought together 200 of Ruckus’ best partners in order to share insight and glimpse ahead into what’s around the corner for the enterprise wireless industry. As a relatively new Ruckus partner, InterWorks was excited to head to […]
Tableau Viz: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1969-2013
USA Today had an article on three American economists who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for 2013. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded 45 times to 74 laureates between 1969 and 2013. To help visualize the history of the prize, we pulled data […]
Performing Non-Biased Data Analysis
Neutrality has always been a key concern in data analysis. As analysts, it is critical that we not introduce our own bias into the interpretation of data. Anyone who has had a statistics class is familiar with the importance of random samples and neutral questions. However, today’s analysts are accustomed to handling data that is […]
Create a Dual Color Axis in Tableau
With Tableau 8, users gained the ability to color marks by multiple dimensions on a single axis with some automatic combined field magic. What happens though, when you want color by a dimension and a measure? In the past, I have separated out members of a dimension and allowed the specific measure I needed with […]
Statistical Insights Using Tableau: Part Two
If I were to ask you to name the three most significant factors that predict the murder rate within a geographic area, then I would expect you would name some measure of median income. To test this hypothesis, we could do a simple linear regression using Tableau as I spoke about in Part 1, but […]
Tips From a Conference Veteran: The Day After
Wow. Now THAT was an amazing conference. You got away from work for a couple days, met a lot of cool people, attended a lot of great sessions, learned a ton … now what? The day after kinda sucks. You’re probably still riding the wave from the conference but now you find yourself back home […]
InterWorks Recognized as Tableau’s North American Partner of the Year
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Tableau Software, the global leader in rapid data visualization and business analytics, announced InterWorks as their 2013 North American VAR Partner of the Year during their sixth annual Tableau Customer Conference. The customer portion of the conference concluded earlier this week, with Tableau bestowing partner awards on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Named […]
Workflow and Analytics Game-Changes in the Road Map for Tableau 8.1 and 8.2
Attendees at the 2013 Tableau Customer Conference in National Harbor were delivered an electrifying experience in the keynote address Monday morning. After an inspiring introduction from Tableau CEO, Christian Chabot, the development team, led by Chris Stolte, unwrapped a collection of improved workflow and analytics features to be released with Tableau version 8.1 and 8.2. […]
